The document provides details on 15 paintings by Franz von Stuck, including title, date, medium, dimensions and location. For each painting there are 3-5 images labelled as details. Brief descriptions are provided for some of the paintings, discussing themes of mythology, biblical stories, and symbolism in von Stuck's works. The paintings include Lucifer, The Kiss of the Sphinx, The Sin, Wounded Amazon, Salome, Golgotha, Pietà, Wild Chase, Inferno, The Murderer, and Sphinx.
Venus and Tannhäuser Part II : from 1886 to 1910K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
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Venus and Tannhäuser Part II : from 1886 to 1910K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
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TIZIANO's 'Amor sacro e Amor-profano' and its repetitions Part IIK. Bender
The repetitions from 1900 to the present.
See further details in 'Iconography in Art History'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/2014/08/deja-vu-2-repetitions-of-tizianos-amor.html?view=magazine
Part I of a series of posts exploring how 'love and music' is depicted in art history, with special reference to the iconography of Aphrodite-Venus, the Greek-Roman Goddess of Love. Music cannot be far away because 'music is the food of love'.
For a full discussion, see Blog 'Iconography in Art History'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/?view=magazine
Venus and Tannhäuser Part III : from 1911 to 2005K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
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Venus and Tannhäuser Part I : from 1852 to1885K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
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TIZIANO's 'Allegory of marriage' (1533) and its many repetitions till the 19t...K. Bender
This painting of TIZIANO, also known as 'An allegory of marriage, in honour of Alfonso d'Avalos, marchese del Vasto' has a complicated provenance and was seemingly very popular, given the many known repetitions (drawings, copies, engravings). It was in the beginning of the 17th century in the collection of Charles I, where it was copied several times. It was finally sold to Louis XIV and entered the Musée du Louvre in 1785.
A 2000-year old Roman wall decoration frieze known as the 'Aldobrandini Wedding (Nozze Aldobrandini)' was discovered in 1605 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and soon transferred to a villa on the Quirinal Hill, possession of the Aldobrandini family, hence its name. Since 1818 it belongs to the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome. It was popular among artists of the 17th-19th centuries. See more about it my post of November 8, 2014 'Nuptial Allegory or the Aldobrandini Wedding' http://kbender.blogspot.be/2014/11/nuptial-allegory-or-aldobrandini-wedding.html?view=magazine
During the research for
my dissertation on subjects from classical mythology in
Dutch seventeenth-century painting, each time I was
Preface and Acknowledgments
faced with works by Rembrandt I experienced that, within
the framework of my approach, there was so much
more to say about his paintings than about the works of
his colleagues........program
Pictorial Tradition and Meaning in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-
Century Netherlandish Art, which I, together
with Reindert Falkenburg, supervised; during three years
I received funding for replacement of part of my teaching
load at Leiden University (a task excellently pursued by
Huigen Leeflang), so that I could devote myself to the depiction
of the female nude in Netherlandish art and to
Rembrandt in particular. Eric Jan Sluijter
TIZIANO's 'Amor sacro e Amor-profano' and its repetitions Part IIK. Bender
The repetitions from 1900 to the present.
See further details in 'Iconography in Art History'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/2014/08/deja-vu-2-repetitions-of-tizianos-amor.html?view=magazine
Part I of a series of posts exploring how 'love and music' is depicted in art history, with special reference to the iconography of Aphrodite-Venus, the Greek-Roman Goddess of Love. Music cannot be far away because 'music is the food of love'.
For a full discussion, see Blog 'Iconography in Art History'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/?view=magazine
Venus and Tannhäuser Part III : from 1911 to 2005K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/2015/01/tannhauser-villain-he-has-been-in.html
There the myHistro story is automatically shown with 1) text (read more) and references to the information source(s), 2) pictures, 3) videos and 4) geo-maps.
You can also move the timeline with the cursor and click any name in the timeline graph; or you can click any icon on the geo-maps.
Venus and Tannhäuser Part I : from 1852 to1885K. Bender
The iconography of "Venus and Tannhäuser in the Venusberg" as seen by 49 visual artists. Slide presentation in three parts:
I from 1852 to 1885
II from 1886 to 1910
III from 1911 to 2005
Slides were uploaded as PDFs generated in the corresponding 'myHistro story'
View the timeline of all artists in my post of January 30, 2015 'Tannhäuser the villain! He has been in the Venusberg!'
http://kbender.blogspot.be/2015/01/tannhauser-villain-he-has-been-in.html
There the myHistro story is automatically shown with 1) text (read more) and references to the information source(s), 2) pictures, 3) videos and 4) geo-maps.
You can also move the timeline with the cursor and click any name in the timeline graph; or you can click any icon on the geo-maps.
TIZIANO's 'Allegory of marriage' (1533) and its many repetitions till the 19t...K. Bender
This painting of TIZIANO, also known as 'An allegory of marriage, in honour of Alfonso d'Avalos, marchese del Vasto' has a complicated provenance and was seemingly very popular, given the many known repetitions (drawings, copies, engravings). It was in the beginning of the 17th century in the collection of Charles I, where it was copied several times. It was finally sold to Louis XIV and entered the Musée du Louvre in 1785.
A 2000-year old Roman wall decoration frieze known as the 'Aldobrandini Wedding (Nozze Aldobrandini)' was discovered in 1605 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and soon transferred to a villa on the Quirinal Hill, possession of the Aldobrandini family, hence its name. Since 1818 it belongs to the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome. It was popular among artists of the 17th-19th centuries. See more about it my post of November 8, 2014 'Nuptial Allegory or the Aldobrandini Wedding' http://kbender.blogspot.be/2014/11/nuptial-allegory-or-aldobrandini-wedding.html?view=magazine
During the research for
my dissertation on subjects from classical mythology in
Dutch seventeenth-century painting, each time I was
Preface and Acknowledgments
faced with works by Rembrandt I experienced that, within
the framework of my approach, there was so much
more to say about his paintings than about the works of
his colleagues........program
Pictorial Tradition and Meaning in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-
Century Netherlandish Art, which I, together
with Reindert Falkenburg, supervised; during three years
I received funding for replacement of part of my teaching
load at Leiden University (a task excellently pursued by
Huigen Leeflang), so that I could devote myself to the depiction
of the female nude in Netherlandish art and to
Rembrandt in particular. Eric Jan Sluijter
4. MUSEO DEL LOUVRE. ANTIGÜEDADES ETRUSCAS. EDICIÓN REVISADA.Emilio Fernández
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ART HISTORY 132
Symbolism
Symbolism
(c. 1865-1915)
term: applied to both visual & literary arts (e.g., Rimbaud)
aim: not to see things, but to see through them to significance & reality far deeper
definition: subjective interpretation reject observation of optical world fantasy forms based on imaginationcolor, line, & shapes used as symbols of personal emotions, rather than to conform to optical image
function: artist as visionaryto achieve seer’s insight, artists must become derangedsystematically unhinge & confuse everyday faculties of sense and reason
themes: religion, mythology, sexual desire (vs. Baudelairian everyday life)
Odilon Redon
(1840-1916)biography: born to a prosperous family
training: failed entrance exams at École des Beaux-Artsbriefly studied under Gérôme (1864)career: interrupted by Franco-Prussian War remained relatively unknown until cult novel by Huysmans titled Against Nature (1884 )story featured decadent aristocrat who collected Redon's drawingsmedia:early work charcoal & lithographylater work oilsaim: “… [to bring] to life, in a human way, improbable beings and making them live according to the laws of probability, by putting – as far as possible – the logic of the visible at the service of the invisible”subject matter: “fantastic” influenced by writings of Edgar Allen Poe strange amoeboid creatures, insects, plants w/ human heads, etc.themes: “fantastic” creaturesmythological scenes
(Left) Redon’s Symbolist Eye Balloon (1878)
and
(right) Crying Spider (1881)
Redon’s Symbolist Eye Balloon (1878)
vs.
Daumier’s Nadar (c. 1860)
Redon
Cyclops (1898)subject: mythologicalPolyphemus & Galateanarrative loving moment vs. jealouslytheme: psychologicalconscious vs. unconsciouswaking vs. sleepingtone: hauntingbrushwork: painterly (Impressionist) composition: dynamiccolor: vibrantwhimsical harmoniousperspective: aerial
Redon’s Symbolist Cyclops (c. 1900)
vs.
Carracci’s Italian Baroque Polyphemus in the Farnese Gallery (c. 1600)
Henri Rousseau
(1844-1910)biography:served in French army bureaucrat in Paris Customs Office (1871-1893)took up painting as a hobby accepted early retirement in 1893 to devote himself to art
career: suffered ridicule & endured poverty
aesthetic: “naïve”
themes: jungle scenes
sources: claimed inspiration from his military experiences in Mexicoin fact, sources were illustrated books & visits to zoo/botanical gardens in Paris
Rousseau’s Sleeping Gypsy
(1897)
Rousseau’s The Dream
(1910)
James Ensor
(1860-1949)nationality: Belgian
personal crisis: family forbade him to marryplunged to depths of despair returned to painting religious subjects sold contents of his studio in 1890s
aesthetic: avant-garde Les XX (the Twenty)goal to promote new artistic developments throughout Europegroup’s leader/foundertreated harshly by art critics disbanded after a decade challenged rules of perspective free use of color and space and brus.
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big and small, lined and soft, round and angular
of felt or velvet
adorned with fur, embroidery, gorgeous bird feathers, ribbons, stones according to the owner’s fortune
grands et petits, doublés et doux, ronds et angulaires,
en feutre ou en velours,
ornés de fourrure, broderies, plumes d'oiseaux magnifiques, de rubans, pierreries selon la fortune du propriétaire ...
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is perhaps the most iconic Rückenfigur in German Romantic painting …
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Has been depicted
in mythological and religious paintings, in still life, vanities, allegories, in the genre painting.
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A été représenté
dans les peintures mythologiques et religieuses, les natures mortes, vanités, allégories, dans la peinture de genre.
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Medea and the beautiful Argonaut,
the first human Cain
Romulus and Remus nursed by the same she-wolf,
Vulcan who loves Venus who loves Mars
Eve and the Apple of the Tree of Temptation
and
the most human of emotions that inspired the painters
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Médée et le bel Argonaute,
le premier humain Caïn
Romulus et Remus nourris au sein de la même louve,
Vulcain qui aime Vénus qui aime Mars
Ève et la pomme de l'arbre de la tentation
et
la plus humaine des émotions qui a inspiré les peintres
créatures mi-hommes, mi-chevaux, habitant les forêts et les montagnes
violents et sauvages, avec une morale brutale, et un amour immodéré pour le vin et les femmes
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56. STUCK, Franz von
Sphinx
Stuck realised that without a clear allusion to the mythological theme of the sphinx, a nude woman in this provactive pose might be considered objectionable, and so he
gave the title a prominent position, as he had done in Sin. Without this title and without the depcition of the three ages of man on the pedestal, the woman would be
stripped of all mythological significance and could only be distinguished from present-day sun worshippers by her rather tense, cat-like pose.
The critic Fritz von Ostini wrote that the picture was a strange interpretation of the much depicted subject of the sphinx:
.. in which the fabled creature appears simly a cat in expression and attitude, false and beautiful, flattering and dangerous. The name of this sphinx is - Woman!
57. STUCK, Franz von
Lucifer
Franz von Stuck’s masterpiece is «Lucifer».
In 1891, when the Bulgarian Ministers saw the recent acquisition of Prince Ferdinand they were so scared that crossed in front of work of art.
The sensing of the viewer of the power of «Lucifer» by Franz von Stuck has not diminished today too. The work painted in oil on canvas in 1890 fascinates and captivates, inspires
horror and chills the blood.
The fallen angel is off center, with widely opened, pale, furious eyes gets through the spectators, hypnotizing them. They are as the light source of hot, magmatic, burning inside, as
the sparks of the soul, cast into hell. In his muscular nudity he appears strong and courageous, but his head leaning against his left hand opens mind focused in thought, and this
gesture allows you to see the status of searing sadness. He who laid down broken wings, reminiscent of his fall, but chewing revenge is the greatest symbol of the return order. Once
divine, now demonic, once loved, and now the enemy, he sees the essence of humanity through material aspects and understands how it can be used to undermine the divine order.
58. STUCK, Franz von
The Kiss of the Sphinx
Stuck was one of the founders of the Secession in Munich, 1892. In 1895, the year in which this picture was painted, he was appointed a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts,
where Kandinsky and Klee both became his pupils. He was the main exponent of the enigmatic imaginary world of symbolism, a model to follow for the experimenters of
painting in late 19th century Munich.
The lethal embrace of the femme fatale, the sensously attractive, demonic woman is a theme which recurs frequently in his works. Each stylistic device – the composition
crammed in a tight, narrow space, the rude colours (which have unfortunately darkened with the passage of time), and the bulky modelling – intensifies the brutal eroticism of
the picture.
59. STUCK, Franz von
The Sin
Die Sünde-The Sin 1893 is housed in the Neue Pinakothek Museum, Munich. It was first exhibited at the Secessionist Exhibition of 1893 and which, at that time, caused
a sensation by the controversial nature of the depiction. It is by far his best known painting of which he made many versions in the period of from 1891 to 1912. The
main effect of the painting is created by the contrasts in the colours and by the concept of the picture.
In the painting we see a woman who coyly exhibits her bare breasts and stomach which the artist has bathed in light whilst the he has hidden the rest of her body in
the darkness of an alcove. A snake lies on her right shoulder and the reptile curves around the back of the woman’s neck and along her left shoulder. The snake
symbolises original sin for it was a snake that tempted Eve to eat first the fruit from the tree of knowledge, and then it was she who tempted Adam. The woman in the
painting is not a woman but women in general. In this painting the woman, with her snake, represents evil. The woman before us is controlling us, the viewer, us, the
voyeur. She is tempting us. We stand still in front of her and cannot avert our eyes. She is mesmerising us. She is inviting us to join her. Are we sucked in by her
beauty even though we know the dangers that would follow? The viewer is curious and may be longing for adventure and is willing to submit himself or herself to the
attraction of the unknown. If we were to step forward into the painting we would cut off the source of light and all would be dark and we would be left with just the
woman and her snake, then what?
The massive gilded frame of the painting adds to the contrast with the darkness of the painting itself. Such heavy frames as this one were very common in Jugendstil
art, with the artists themselves designing their own frames for their own works of art.
60. STUCK, Franz von
Wounded Amazon
Wounded Amazon depicts a battle between Amazons and centaurs; the particular subject is not found in classical mythology but is of the artist’s own invention. Though he
was clearly influenced by the antiquities in Munich’s Glyptothek museum, Stuck based the painting on photographic studies of a model posed in his studio. Ever since he
had featured the goddess Athena on the poster for the first Munich Secession exhibition in 1893, classical female warriors had appeared in his work as symbols of the new
art. There are two other versions of this painting. One was installed outside Villa Stuck, the home he had designed for himself in Munich.
61. STUCK, Franz von
Salome
Opposites attract, so sensuality and disgust fight for precedence in this 1906 painting by Franz Ritter von Stuck. An exotic dancer fills the foreground almost completely. Dressed in just
an airy skirt, castanets and jewellery, she tempts us with an erotic pose. In the shadows on her right a troll-like black servant looms up, adding horror and physical contrast. Grinning
vulgarly, the creature presents a severed head on a platter.
In life, it belonged to a bearded, longhaired man whose fate as a haloed martyr seems connected with the dancer’s triumphant attitude.
Both the living and the dead share a glittering, star-studded night for a backdrop. While this may symbolize a saintly hereafter, it also warns against imminent danger: the girl’s glamour
seems close but is out of reach, and there is only cold, deep darkness beyond.
The ambiguous scene is inspired by the Gospel story in Mark 6:21-29. When John the Baptist criticized King Herod for illegally marrying Herodias, the divorced wife of his half-brother,
the prophet was imprisoned for his efforts. But Herodias was after more serious revenge and pressed her daughter Salome to charm her stepfather with a birthday dance, making him
promise to give her anything she wished. Prompted by her bloodthirsty mother, Salome asked for John’s head on a platter. Herod had to comply.
The Salome image has been popular in art for centuries.
Originally intended to create empathy with John’s religious righteousness, it gradually developed a life of its own and became an example of men falling victim to vicious women
(before you blame this innocent writer, there were also virtuous tricksters like Judith and Esther!). Especially the artistic and philosophical milieu of the fin de siècle produced a large
repertoire of fatally tempting women. Von Stuck was fascinated with this paradox and painted the Salome theme three times. She epitomized the inherent female ability believed to
‘innocently’ attract, then pervert the male’s soul.
62. STUCK, Franz von
Golgotha
One of Germany’s leading Symbolists, Stuck frequently painted biblical or mythological subjects that addressed dark themes such as sin and death. Particularly interested in the narrative
and details of the Crucifixion, Stuck devoted several canvases to this subject late in his career, during the difficult years of World War I.
Calling on new scholarly theories regarding the Gospel accounts, Stuck departs from tradition and places Christ at eye level with the witnesses to his sufferings. The artist cleverly
structures his composition, placing the viewer immediately to the left of the crucified thief in the foreground and to the right of the haloed Virgin Mary, thereby closing a solemn yet intimate
circle.
Stuck also chooses to show Christ with his feet side by side rather than overlapping—again, referencing nineteenth-century debates about the historical details of this method of execution.
63. STUCK, Franz von
Pietà
The painter uses a long canvas in his art researches for different effects. In «Pieta», dead Christ (Stuсk represented himself) lies on a pedestal as in a crypt, but the composition
offers inertia, the clenched arms and body showing strength even in death. The perpendicularity of Mary, who buried her face in her hands, reinforces balance between two gender
visions divine, fastening their strength and their loss. Mary’s grief also shows in her aura, is so thin that it seems like it may burst at any time.
64. STUCK, Franz von
Wild Chase
One of Franz von Stuck's best-known paintings The Wild Chase depicts Wotan (Odin, the Allfather of the gods) on horseback leading a procession of the dead. It was
completed about 1889, the year of Hitler's birth, and it has acquired a kind of semi-legendary status as the face of Wotan in the painting greatly resembles Hitler's. It's said
Adolf Hitler saw this painting at thirteen and he was fascinated by Wotan, and later had this painting taken from the museum and placed in a special gallery.
65. STUCK, Franz von
Inferno
According to 19th Century philosophers, such as Arthur Schopenauer (1788-1860) and Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-55), the fall of man is perpetuated through the continuing
sexual relationships between the genders, casting a shadow on any connection between man and woman and on any joy of life.
Unlike in Lucifer (painted circa 1890), his earlier rendition of the theme of Hell embodied in the resentful figure of Lucifer, the figures in Inferno are not demonic but healthy and
muscular, their physical appearance being in sharp contrast to their pose.
As did many late 19th Century artists, von Stuck made use of the new medium of photography. He would take pictures of his models and study the movements and muscles to
capture them on a two dimensional surface. In the rendering of these bodies his capabilities as a sculptor are also evident.
66. STUCK, Franz von
The Murderer
Inspired by Böcklin's Murderer pursued by Furies, but with an even greater sense of excitement and drama, in 1891 Stuck painted his first version of the despair and remorse
which pursue a criminal after his deed. The ancient Furies, the goddesses of vengeance, hide behind a rock as they lie in wait for the murderer who has just killed his victim.
The sight of these ugly creatures is a foretaste of the torments awaiting the murderer. The figure of the murderer is derived from Klinger's etching 'Pursuit' in which a man in a
similar pose runs away on a narrow path.
68. STUCK , Franz Ritter Von
German draughtsman, illustrator, printmaker, decorative artist, painter, sculptor and architect. He was noted for his treatment of erotic and
comic aspects of mythological themes. He drew eagerly as a child, soon becoming a gifted caricaturist. From 1878 to 1881 he attended the
Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich, where he received particular encouragement from Ferdinand Barth (1842-1892). From 1881 to 1885 he
studied at the Munich Akademie, where he was taught by Wilhelm Lindenschmit (1829-1895) and Ferdinand Löfftz (1845-1910).
During his student years Stuck earned a living from designs for decorative painting, and he made notable contributions (1880-84) to the
humorous Munich periodical Fliegende Blätter and to the Viennese serial publications Allegorien und Embleme and Karten und Vignetten.
These did much to establish his reputation as both a skilled and a witty draughtsman.
Around 1892 he became one of the founders of the Munich Sezession and his Symbolist period is also of this decade. Around 1895 he began
teaching at the Munich academy that he once attended. Some of his pupils at the academy included Klee, Albers, and Kandinsky. Among Von
Stuck's architectural creations is the Villa Stuck Prinzregentenstrasse, Munich, which is now a museum.
Stuck's subject matter was primarily drawn from mythology, inspired by the work of Arnold Böcklin. Large, heavy forms dominate most of his
paintings and point toward his proclivities for sculpture. His seductive female nudes, in the role of the femme fatale, are a prime example of
popular Symbolist content. Stuck paid close attention to the frames for his paintings and generally designed them himself with such careful
use of panels, gilt carving and inscriptions that the frames must be taken as an integral part of the overall piece.
Some painters, who understand the general idea, can turn it only in one masterpiece, but the true quality of a great painter is the ability to
create whole worlds from a single idea. Franz von Stuck studied humanity, not only in heaven and hell, but here on Earth through biblical
history, ancient myths and colorful traditions of Europe.
Unfortunately, not always great ideas analyzed correctly. Any list that includes Wagner and Nietzsche’s names runs the risk of being listed as
a fascist ideology. Franz von Stuck’s art caught sight once to Adolf Hitler shortly after the painter died. Of course, Hitler saw in it only what
he wanted to see, distorting its meaning for the sake of own purposes. On a twist of fate von Stuck joined after World War I requirements
imposed to allies to forgive Germany for the sake of the cultural and art heritage perverted by Nazis two decades later. But if art again and
again tells something to new generations, it means eternal truths which embodied Franz von Stuck. It is difficult to look away from his works
which always strike with a powerful force of nature of the person.